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Volume 69, Issue 76,
Monday, January 26, 2004
Arts & Entertainment
Franti and Spearhead
still mix music with message
Michael Franti is the very definition of growth. In nearly
two decades of making music, Franti gave an emphatic "No" to militarism,
racism, and compromise, and adopted a more mellow approach after being
an anti-everything punk-rocker. He created the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
in the early 1990s. After that group disbanded, Franti — influenced by
the ideas of Bob Marley and Curtis Mayfield, and inspired by the likes
of Gil Scott-Heron and Scarface — found new direction and a new band, Spearhead.
Czech tale of sex, love comes
to HGO
Imagine loving a woman with such passion that you chase
her, embrace her, then suddenly knife her cheek. Picture living in a place
where infanticide is a viable alternative to social disgrace. Welcome one
and all to Czech opera.
Kutcher transforms
Equal parts science fiction, esoteric thriller and pop-psychology
lesson, Ashton Kutcher's The Butterfly Effect takes a simple premise and
manages to crank out an enjoyable yarn that'll keep audiences guessing.
'Brothers' relax again
Right before the post-punk cult rock icons of the 1990s
The Toadies called it quits, a legion of fans swarmed to see the band during
its farewell tour in Houston at Verizon Wireless Theatre in December 2002.
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